Magnolia, Catholic advance to Class A championship tilt

June 1, 2013

Instead of being aggressive at the plate, his patience paid off in spades for the Blue Eagles.

Hanna singled on a full-count pitch with no outs in the top of the seventh inning to lift Magnolia (31-4) to a 4-3 Class AA state tournament semifinal victory over Notre Dame (19-9) on Friday at Appalachian Power Park.

The victory sends Coach Dave Cisar's team into the Class A title game at approximately 1 p.m. today against Charleston Catholic.

Hanna fouled off a 3-2 pitch before his single scored Chandler Sapp and Kyle Elliott, both of whom walked to open the inning.

"I was waiting for my pitch, and I had good cuts at the first two strikes and just missed," Hanna said. "The last one I knew I got it.

"We knew they were getting tired and we were just waiting for him to throw the right pitch, throw a strike and what's what most of us did."

Charleston Catholic 6, Valley 5

Charleston Catholic's Connor Golden singled with the bases loaded in the bottom of the seventh inning, breaking a 5-5 tie and sending the Irish to the Class A State Tournament championship game with a 6-5 win over Valley-Fayette (23-8).

The Irish (29-9) play championship game today at approximately 1 p.m. against Magnolia (30-4).